The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-18
ON RAIL AND CROssTIE.
Local and General Gossip in Railway
Circles.

Circles
Five miles Of the Georgia Southern and
Florida track have been laid.
The track LAYERS of the Georgia Southern
and Florida railroad have crossed the lobe
sofkee trestle, and are now five miles out OF
Macon.
Messrs. Lamb and Edwardy, of the Cen
trial railroad engineering corps, are IN Ma.
con for the purpose of making map OF
that portion of the city on which is located
the property belonging to the Central.
The Cincinnati Southern railroad, in con-
nection with the Western and Atlantic, will
on Monday establish the fastest schedule
ever maintained between Cincinnati and
Jacksonville Their Limited" Will make
the trip in twenty-eight hours.
Efforts are being made to induce Mr..
Amos L. Hopkins to accept the Presidency
of the Richmond and West Point Ter
minal Company. 1t is understood that
quite number of bond and stockholders IN
Guiding the Richmond and Danville interest,
will urge Mr.. Hopkins to accept the posi-
ton.
The rumor that the Georgia Central rail
road has resolved to build the road from
Carrollton, Ga, to Gadsden, at once, has
got over into Alabama, and the Gadsden
Times says: 1.-THE real estate boom Will
now take an upward shoot, and, if the
news received is true, the lucky star OF
North Alabama will be in the ascend
ant "
The Atlantic Coast Line, as has been Gus
tomary with them for many years, Will sell
round trip tickets for one first-class fare be-
tween local stations of the Wilmington and
Weldon and branches, Albemarle and Raj
eigh, Midland and North Carolina, WI
mington Columbia and Augusta, North
eastern of South Carolina, Central of South
Carolina, Cheraw and Darlington and Che
raw and Salisbury railroads. Tickets VIII
be on sale Dec %, %, "a ard 20, good to re-
turn until Jan. 2, inclusive. and on sale
5, 1888, inclusive.
A Chattanooga special says that the Cham
Der of Commerce of that city Is meeting
with much encouragement in its efforts to
form monster delegation to the Southern
Trunk railroads with q view of urging the
adoption of a 1c passenger rate to all points
south of the Ohio river, and have 1t remain
in force for tnr months Many OF the
prominent Southern towns have already
signified their intention of joining, and it is
believed that with the encouragement of
the Southern press this great movement
will be brought to a successful issue. DIN
gent steps are now being taken at Nash
vile, Knoxville Birmingham, Admission,
Decatur, Gadsden, Mobile, Atlanta,
Meridian, Jackson, Nicksburg, New orleans,
Tallapoosa, Montgomery, Selma, jackson,
Tenn. Bessemer, Ala ; Tuscaloosa, Rome,
Ga. Macon. Grenada, Aberdeen, Columbus,
Enterprise Hattiesburg, Ellisville, Brendon,
Poplarville, Corinth, Bay st. Louis, Missis-
sippi City, Natchez, Yazoo City, Biloxi,
Miss. Shreveport, Monroe, Baton Rouge,
La; Griffin, GAINESVILLE, Forsyth, Albany,
Macon, Marietta, Dalton, Augusta, Bruins
wick, Gainesville, Ga; Sheffield, Florence,
Calera Huntsville, Stevenson, Tailadega,
Ala. Morristown Athens, Loudon, Jones'
boro, Bristol, Ooltewah, Rogersville, Spring
City, McMinnville, Winchester, johnson
City, DAYTON, Tenn; Jacksonville, Pensa-
cola, Cedar Keys, Key West, Fla. Column
bia, Charleston, $. c. In addition to all
these points it is expected that many others
viii be heard from, IS the promoters have
in mind to make this thoroughly repre-
sentative Southern work. As soon as Chat
tanooga is notified that each point has its
committee formed they will be invited to
meet in Chattanooga and arrange for future
action.